Amazon to sell Apple TV, Google Chromecast after two-year ban
Congrats, Apple and Google. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is ready to play nice, in a way.
Amazon will begin selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices after a two-year ban on the e-commerce giant, CNET reported Thursday. Those products compete with Amazon's own streaming services via Fire TV devices.
"I can confirm that we are assorting Apple TV and Chromecast," an Amazon spokesperson told Mashable in an emailed statement previously shared with CNET.
The Apple and Google devices aren't currently available on Amazon, but CNET spotted product listing pages for three versions of the Apple TV and two Chromecast options.
The move could be an olive branch from Amazon to the tech giants as they fight over content offerings on their competitive devices.
It's been a long and complicated war. Amazon had removed Apple TV and Google Chromecast from the site in late 2015. At the time, the company argued that its customers "would be confused and frustrated" if they purchases devices that did not offer a way to stream content from Amazon Prime Video, The Verge noted.
In September, Google removed YouTube off Amazon's Echo Show devices and later did the same for Fire TV.
Meanwhile, Amazon has still not made its Prime Video app Google Cast-compatible so it would be available on Google Chromecast. It did, however, recently release the app on Apple TV.
Beyond these fights, tech giants now have another battle to juggle together. Also on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to kill net neutrality. That means internet providers can now charge companies and consumers for faster internet access.
So, good luck everyone.
Kerry Flynn is a business reporter for Mashable covering the tech industry. She previously reported on social media companies, mobile apps and startups for International Business Times. She has also written for The Huffington Post, Forbes and Money magazine. Kerry studied environmental science and economics at Harvard College, where she led The Harvard Crimson's metro news and design teams and played mellophone in the Band. When not listening to startup pitches, she runs half-marathons, plays with puppies and pretends to like craft beer.
